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Oil tankers

Smoke and fire is seen from the oil tanker Sanchi after it collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea, Jan. 7, 2018.

Explosion risk for oil tanker ablaze off China’s east coast

Environment

Rescue crews wrestled to bring a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China’s east coast under control on Monday as fire raged for a second day following a collision with a grain ship.

Oil flows through pipes to the Westridge Marine near Vancouver, BC. A second, much larger pipeline here is part of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau's plan to increase exports of oil from Alberta's tar sands region. Opponents say that would increase

This Canadian oil pipeline could cause the next great controversy

Environment

Last Days Limbo for the Exxon Valdez

Environment

Supertanker Saftey Today

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Prognosis: Oil Spills Inevitable

Steve talks with Faith Yondo, editor of the Oil Spill Intelligence Report, about the possibility of preventing disasters such as the Braer in the future. Yondo says that while nations are moving to impose stricter regulation on tanker operations, large spills are inevitable as long as we want to ship and consume oil.

The World

Oil and Water Mix in the Shetlands

Stephen Beard reports from the Shetland Islands on the Braer tanker disaster. As hosts to one of Europe’s largest tanker terminals, Shetlanders have taken strict and successful precautions against spills from their own operations, and they are angry that the regulations did not apply to passing tanker traffic.